March 21, 2013

Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter Services

²  Palm Sunday, March 24^th: Services at 8 and 10. Holy Week begins.
10:00 Liturgy begins with the blessing of the Palms in the Parish Hall and the Procession of the People into the church.

²  Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27^th: Morning Prayer at 9 AM in the church
6 PM Reflective Simple Supper with conversation in the Prince Room, followed by a service of Evensong in the church.

²  Maundy Thursday, March 28^th: Liturgy of the day at 7 PM with foot washing, the Institution of the Lord’s Supper, Holy Eucharist, and the stripping of the altar.

²  Good Friday, March 29^th. Church open all day for prayer.
Noon to 2 PM: Meditations on the Seven Last Words. Come and go as you are able.
2 PM: The Stations of the Cross.
7 PM:  Good Friday liturgy with solemn collects
         and communion from the reserved sacrament

²  Holy Saturday, March 30^th: A day for solemn reflection and preparation
8 PM: The Great Vigil of Easter with the kindling of the new fire, vigil readings,
      reaffirmation of baptismal vows, and the First Eucharist of Easter

²  Easter Sunday, March 31^st: The Day of Resurrection
8 AM: Holy Eucharist, spoken
10 AM: Festival Eucharist with hymns, choir, and organ

²  The Second Sunday of Easter, April 7^th
 9 AM: ONE service only. The Easter story and celebration continues.

We hope you will be with us for worship, celebration, and fellowship!

 

Wednesday Evening of Holy Week: You are invited to come together with other members of the parish at sic o’clock for a simple, candle-lit supper of soup, salad, bread and comfortable conversation, followed by Evening Prayer.

 

Coming to the Easter Vigil? Following the vigil readings, one of which will be enacted by the children of the parish, the turning point of the liturgy comes at the moment of the Easter acclamation, which is accompanied by much jubilant and raucous bell-ringing. So please bring your bells so that you can join in the excitement!

 

Take a look at the bulletin board in the Parish Hall for reports form Sammie Wakefield as she works with Eleanore's Project in Peru! Or click here for the blog: http://www.eleanoresproject.org/blog/2013/03/stories-and-photos/

 

 

 

Food for thought and reflection from Mark Brown, SSJE as we begin this of many liturgies and many Psalms.

The Psalms are full of emotional honesty and transparency—even the truth about our ugliest impulses. Rage, resentment, and violent retribution, even the cursing of others: it’s all there in the Psalms. If we pray with this kind of honesty, and live with this kind of truth telling, we approach the presence of light and life. Truth telling leads us toward fuller life. 

 

Join us as we walk this week together!

Blessings, Heidi+